Dodge City Middle School Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement Dodge City Middle School

Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement OBJECTIVES FOR THE DAY: Establish USD 443 “Big Picture” Core Content Effective Instructional Strategies Student Engagement Understand needs for Baseline data on: Effective Instructional Strategies, and Hands-on experience with Essential Indicator/Lesson Objectives

Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement Greg

Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement “The first school-level factor is a ‘guaranteed and viable curriculum.’ I rank this as the first factor, having the most impact on student achievement.” What Works in Schools Robert J. Marzano, 2003 Greg

Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement Highly Effective Instruction Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback Questions, Cues and Advanced Organizers Identifying Similarities and Differences Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Nonlinguistic Representation Summarizing and Note Taking Cooperative Learning Generating and Testing Hypotheses Homework, Providing Feedback Related to the Standard “More can be done to improve education by improving the effectiveness of teachers than by any other single factor.” Wright et al, 1997 Greg

Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement “Students in a focus group mentioned the following when asked what motivates them to learn and participate in school: Clear expectations Hands-on activities Assignments related to real life Good relationship with the teacher” Source: Walsh & Sattes, 2000 Greg

Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement Essential Indicators and Lesson Objectives The Indicator(s) or learning objectives for the current lesson are Communicated to All Students Teaching Academic Vocabulary Direct and Explicit instruction of vocabulary necessary for the attainment of the learning objective(s) English Language Learner Strategies Marzano’s Nine Highly Effective Instructional Strategies Student Engagement Strategies 85% of students must be engaged) Strategies used during group instruction explicitly mandated by the teacher to get the students engaged and for teacher monitoring of the level of student engagement. Greg

Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement Explanation of Instrument’s purpose: to be used to gather school and district-wide data, will not be designed or used to evaluate teachers, principals or schools First Walk-Through will be conducted in early April 2011 Data generated by Walk-Through will guide building and district Staff Development for 2011-12

Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement Essential Indicators and Lesson Objective Section Essential Indicator(s) posted in student friendly language. Learning Objectives for the current lesson are posted Language/Vocabulary Objective(s) in addition to content objective(s) are posted. The Learning Objectives for the current lesson are communicated to students Depth of Knowledge (DOK)

Effective Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement Video Directions: Using only the Essential Indicators and Lesson Objective section, view this video and check the appropriate box if listed strategy is observed In groups of 4-5 establish a consensus rating (EI/Obj section only) As a whole group, determine the group’s consensus rating

MS Science Video Click to start video In this lesson, students begin their discussion of asteroids and the moon by defining key vocabulary terms. The instructor creates a learning goal or big idea for the day as well as smaller objectives that will be accomplished during the class period. Students use a K-W-L chart in order to brainstorm what they already know about features of the moon, what they want to know, and later, what they ultimately learn.